Cover Stories
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New PCR Method Enhances Minute cfDNA Sequencing and More
The study of Genomics has come a long way. We now know that DNA is the basic information-storage material for coding our genes. Aside from the forensic dramas that we watch on television, DNA studies play a major role in new therapeutics.
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Reaching Out – Another Step to Go Above and Beyond
The collaborative spirit is one of the key strengths in Genomics Research Center. When chemists, biologists, and engineers are mixed and matched, the synergy thereby created and re-created helps to pave the way toward solving critical human diseases.
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A Simple Sugar Makes the Life or Death Difference to an Activated B Cell
O -GlcNAc is a monosaccharide spotted inside cells that has caught attentions lately. Although a very basic unit of carbohydrate, it is a big deal when noted to have shown up in the event of phosphorylation in the cell.
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NIFK – What Causes Lung Cancer to Spread
After tissues are removed from cancer patients, pathologists’ role would start intensively giving patients a precise diagnosis and staging as the guide for cancer therapy. In some cancer types, the pathologist would use a biomarker named Ki-67 to tell how rapidly cancer cells divide and how vicious the tumor is. Tumors that produced more Ki-67 tend to grow faster and are more likely to link to poor disease outcome.
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Glycan Technology - A New Chapter for Making Antibodies
The Glycomics focused research team in Genomics Research Center led by President Wong of Academia Sinica has been working on various glycan related subjects and successfully patented their inventions.
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Antibody targeting IL-17B/RB proved effective for pancreatic cancer
Of all battles against cancer, when it comes to the therapeutics for pancreatic cancer, more than ever, it is too little and too late.
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Cholesterol Synthesis Enzyme Proved Suspect in Lung Cancer Metastasis
Squalene synthase, commonly abbreviated as SQS, is an enzyme that has been shown to elevate cholesterol levels in mice when overly expressed.
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Catch Me If You Can, I’m the Cancerous Brand
Circulating Tumor Cells, aka. CTCs is a research topic when scientists questioning when exactly cancer metastasis happens, and how we can find out in time when a few such run away cancer cells are floating inside patients’ blood.
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The Mechanisms of Anti-IgE Medication in Treating Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria
Urticaria, commonly known as hives, along with allergic rhinitis¸ allergic asthma, all can be considered diseases of affluence; that is because they happen much often in societies with increasing wealth and developments.
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PRDM1/Blimp-1 Directs Germ Cell versus Neural Cell Pathway. During Early Human Embryonic Differentiation
In search for the root cause of human diseases related to gene deregulation has not been easy.